Straightening out those crooked scans

Here's a quick and easy photoshop tip for you that will save you an endless amount of headaches if you don't already know about it.

How to straighten out crooked scans.

Tired of meticulously aligning your page on the scanner only to have it look infuriatingly crooked when you scan it?!?

Fuggeddaboudit. Here's how to fix it easy in photoshop.

1. Under your eyedropper tool is a ruler tool. Select that.

2. Find a level line on your scan. In comics, this is usually a border edge.

3. Click on one end of the border and drag the cursor across the page. As you move the curser you should see a line forming behind it. Let go of it on the other end of the border that you want straightened out. This should lock the line in position along your crooked border.

4. Go to Image>Rotate Canvas>Arbitrary. A value and direction will already be decided based on your ruler line. Click OK.

TA DA! Your image is nice and straight! Crop it to the proper size and you're done. You can thank me later by buying me a beer.

It's ALIVE! Kindle Edition

It's Alive! is now available on Amazon's Kindle! Only 80¢!

From the description:

That crazy Mad Scientist is at it again, letting loose his creations to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting city. Only his faithfully deformed assistant can stop the insanity! This 24 page comic was written and drawn by Bobby Timony, artist on the popular webcomic "The Night Owls".

Basil the Bunny, Kindle Edition

Amazon has another Timony comic up for the Kindle. This time it's The Ballad of Basil the Bunny.

This is a 24 hour comic by me, Bobby Timony, and its done all in rhyme. This one is a bargain at only 80¢!

Here's the description:

Basil the Bunny was a simple farmer, until a scheming plot forced him to set out to defend his warren from a hungry wolf. This rhyming 24 page comic was written and drawn by Bobby Timony, artist on the popular webcomic "The Night Owls" in under 24 hours as part of the 24 hour comics challenge.

Sir Roland on the Kindle! UPDATED!

Today we offered our first ever kindle comic book!

Here's the description I included with the comic.

Sir Roland may just be an empty suit of armor, but if you ask him, he'll tell you he's the greatest knight in the realm!

Sir Roland was made to embody all the virtues of a knight, like honor and bravery! Sadly, intelligence does not make the list.

Follow Sir Roland and his friend, the Smart Ogre, as they achieve fabulous success through a series of hilarious failures!

This book is a compilation of over one hundred pages of comic strips and 24 hour comics by Peter Timony, author of the popular webcomic "the Night Owls".

If you have a moment, why not give it a review on Amazon?

What, no Kindle? That's okay. You can still read the adventures of Sir Roland for free at Twincomics.com.

Since writing this post, the Kindle App for the iPhone has updated and improved! It can now zoom and pan, as well as orient itself for portrait of landscape viewing! Perfect for comics!